About New York

Queens
is a wonderful, vibrant place to live and to work. One of New York
City's five boroughs, it is a largely residential area that contains a
variety of subcommunities of varied character and flavor. The borough's
entertainment resources are huge, including theaters, parks, restaurants
of every description, and clubs. Good
housing is available in the clean, safe neighborhood around NYP/Queens.
Many NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens house staff choose to live within
walking distance, but this is by no means required.

New York City is truly the city that
never sleeps. The city has a lot to offer and is very diverse. New
York City has more then 1,700 parks, playgrounds and recreation
facilities. The parks in New York have a list of things you can do no
matter the season or the weather. Our parks hold many fairs, exhibitions
and small concerts. We have playgrounds; bike trails, baseball
& soccer fields and some of our parks are transformed into ice
skating rinks in the winter season. When the weather heats up our
parks offer many fitness programs and events to help keep you in shape.
Our parks offer many free and low cost activities for all ages. You can
visit the NYC parks and recreation website to find a list of all the
activities available to meet individual desires. We also have The
New York Public Library. Besides its architectural style it holds a
diversity of materials making it one of the most highly-acclaimed
libraries in the world--A great resource for all of your research and
educational needs.

New York City offers an array of options when it comes to music and
arts, which can cover all interests. We have a large selection of
Broadway Shows in our brightly illuminated Time Square, located at the
junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. You can also enjoy fine
eateries, shopping, catching a movie just to name a few as you navigate
your options. New York City has many art galleries and exhibitions
(MOMA, MET, Lincoln Center, The Cloisters, NY Hall of Science, American
Museum of Natural History) We have movie theaters and many of our parks
as listed above host theatrical events and art exhibitions. You can
find this in all the 5 boroughs. For those residents that are
bringing their families there is so much to do in NY with the
children. There are many open play gyms and activity centers like
My Gym, Gymboree, The Childrens Musuem, and Kids Fun House, to name a
few.

When it comes to nightlife you are in the right place. We have
sports bars, comedy clubs, pubs, bowling alleys, pool halls, late night
dancing, lounges, night clubs/dance clubs, jazz clubs. You name it, we
have it. Dining in New York is great as we have a large array of
diversity when it comes to food. We have diners open 24 hours and
restaurants that are open as late as 4pm. So you have plenty of
time to explore your options and get a quick meal. When it comes
to sports New York has some of the greatest teams in the world. For
Baseball we have Yankee Stadium located in the south Bronx. It is the
home ball park of the NY Yankees. You also have Citi Field (Mets
Stadium) located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the borough of
Queens. We have our Basketball NY Knicks and Liberty at Madison
Square Garden. For Football we have the Giants and the Jets.
The Met Life Stadium is located in East Rutherford NJ.
For Hockey we have the Rangers at Madison Square Garden and the
Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. Soccer, we have the Metrostars at
the Met Life Stadium, Magic at Bakers Field, and the New York
Cosmos. Last but not least we have Tennis located in Flushing
Meadow Corona Park (Arthur Ash Stadium).

As you can see there are endless things to do in New York
which will make your stay here even more exciting. Below are some
useful links to some of the activities and centers discussed
above. Enjoy!